Baby goes to Washington

June 19, 2013 |Photos by Mary F. Calvert / For the Chronicle

Texas families were in Washington to deliver a message to their members of Congress about the importance of access to medical care for children.

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Jamie Schanbaum, 24, who lost her legs to meningitus poses next to a photograph of her on display at the Russell Senate Office Building rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. She was treated at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.

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Jamie Schanbaum, 24, who lost her legs to meningitus poses next to a photograph of her on display at the Russell Senate Office Building rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. She was treated at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.